PREQUALIFICATION
                
            
            
Any contractor who desires to become prequalified to bid on work advertised by IDOT must submit the properly completed, original prequalification
            forms to the Bureau of Construction no later than
            4:30 PM prevailing local 
            time, April 08, 2022.
            This prequalification requirement applies to first time contractors, contractors renewing expired ratings, contractors maintaining continuous
            prequalification or contractors requesting revised ratings.
            
            The prequalification cut-off date is
            4:30 PM prevailing local 
            time, April 08, 2022.
            To be eligible to bid, existing prequalification ratings must be effective through the date of letting.
            
        
            
                
                    JOINT VENTURES
                
            
            
            Prequalified contractors wishing to combine bidding capacity and bid items as joint ventures must submit
            the appropriate properly completed, original forms no later than
            4:30 PM prevailing local 
            time, April 22, 2022.
            The required joint venture forms are the “Request for Authorization to Bid/or Not for Bid Status”
            (BDE 124), the ORIGINAL “Affidavit of Availability”
            (BC 57) and the ORIGINAL “Certificate of Joint Venture”
            (BC 2267).
            
            The Joint Venture cut-off date is
            4:30 PM
            prevailing local time, April 22, 2022.
            
        
            
                
                    REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZATION TO BID
                
            
            
            Contractors wanting to bid on items included in a particular letting must submit the properly
            completed “Request for Authorization to Bid/or Not for Bid Status”
            (BDE 124) and the properly completed
            ORIGINAL “Affidavit of Availability” (BC 57) to 
            the proper office no later than 4:30 PM
            prevailing local time, April 26, 2022.
            
            The Authorization to Bid request cut-off date is
            4:30 PM
            prevailing local time, April 26, 2022.
        
            
                
                    SUBMITTAL OF BIDS
                
            
            
            All bids must be submitted to the electronic bidding system (iCX – Integrated Contractors Exchange) prior to 
            12:00 PM prevailing local time. No bids will be accepted after this time.
            
        
            
                
                    DBE UTILIZATION PLANS
                
            
            
            Projects with DBE participation require bidders to submit a DBE Utilization
            Plan in accordance with the DBE special provision.
            SBE 2025
            SBE 2026